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Hello, and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek

segment called Ask a Nutritionist. My name is Leah Klein-Trode. I'm a registered and licensed

dietitian with nutritional weight and wellness. And on today's show, I will be answering

one particular question that we received from our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners. So this listener

asked, could you share knowledge and or your experience through pregnancy about eating the right

nutrients to restore mental focus and combat fatigue while also keeping both the little one and mom healthy. So this is a great

question. I'm actually excited to answer this one. And just for a little bit of background,

this particular person who asked this question, she is currently pregnant and said that even after a good night's sleep, she still

struggles with that clarity and focus and just that mental acuity. So again, this is a great

question and hopefully still timely for this person. I picked this question in particular because I know personally

for me I can identify with these struggles. I've had two pregnancies myself. I've worked with some

pregnant mamas over the years. And I'm sure there are many other mamas out there, maybe both

currently pregnant or in those early couple of years of postpartum who can also relate to

this. I distinctly remember about halfway through my first pregnancy that it almost seemed like

the light switch was flipped or something happened where my brain just did not function the way it had previously done.

So for me, again, it was about that 20 week mark or so.

I started to notice, like, I would have to reread things several times for it to really kind

of make sense or to sink in.

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